Re: Five Dumbest things you ever did
Oh, I forgot these:
1) Trying to install the oil pump pick-up on a Chevy oil pump at four o'clock in the morning after coming home from a night on the town. I used the tried-and-true method of slipping a proper sized open end wrench over the ridge on the pick-up and then hitting the wrench with a 32 ounce ball peen hammer. Worked great all the other times...that I didn't have my thumb on top of the wrench. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/eek.gif[/img]
2) Helped a high school buddy build a Pontiac 455 in his basement...when it was finished we both noticed at the same time that there was no way to get the engine out of the basement and up the wooden stairs to the garage. Had to take it apart again and reassemble it outside.
3) Installed a complete 426 Hemi engine on a cheapo engine stand. Tried pushing it sideways, thinking the casters on the wheels would turn correctly. The engine immediately flipped and fell to the ground. Not really fell, per se, but performed what seemed like a 20,000 mph, meteoric, re-entry into the atmosphere, and punched a hole through the concrete floor. Didn't damage the engine at all - didn't even chip the paint on the block.
4) After getting the rolling body of the 70 Hemi Charger painted in 2004, I brought it back home and was unstrapping it from the enclosed trailer. I didn't chock the wheels. Once I took the last strap off the front suspension, the car started slowly rolling out of the back of the trailer...and down the driveway about 75 feet...with me hanging on the radiator support trying to slow it down with my shoes smoking from the friction...knocking down a section of the six foot tall stockade fence pickets...and into the backyard, all while clearing the two main 8"x8" support posts for the stockade fence by 1/2" on either side.
5) Installing the three position crank gear in the wrong position on my 455HO and aligning it with the TDC mark on the timing gear. Only to find out later that the engine wasn't at TDC at the time. That was a fun time trying to diagnose THAT no-start situation.
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